SmackDown, NXT and Superstars spoiler's for this week - ** Spoilers **

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SD (a LIVE report):

The SmackDown opening and pyro then hit, and Chris Jericho came to the ring.

Jericho complained about Randy Orton getting a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, before he was interrupted by Edge. After Edge had spoken, Theodore Long came out to the stage. He announced that Jack Swagger would defend the World Title against Jericho & Edge in the main event!

The first match of SmackDown saw Drew McIntyre take on Kane. McIntyre cut a promo before the match and received some good heat. McIntyre ultimately won the match after Matt Hardy interfered and caused a disqualification. Kane chokeslammed both McIntyre and Hardy afterwards.

Dolph Ziggler then came to the ring and apologized for attacking Josh Matthews with the sleeper hold. He then faced R-Truth, and defeated him with the same move. The crowd loved R-Truth's entrance, and weren't crazy about how the match ended.

Mickie James then faced Michelle McCool (w/Layla & Vickie Guerrero). Mickie was very popular with the crowd, - and McCool got some great heat during her entrance. The two worked really well together and put on a great women's match. McCool ultimately won, - and people started chanting for Beth Phoenix afterwards. Phoenix then came to the ring, while McCool, Layla & Vickie all escaped through the crowd. Beth received a great reaction.

Afterwards, Rey Mysterio teamed with The Hart Dynasty to face CM Punk, Luke Gallows & Darren Young. The match was really great, and all involved received great responses from the crowd. The Miz watched from commentary, and the match ended when David Hart Smith gained the pin.

JTG then faced Caylen Croft (w/Trent Barreta). The crowd was pretty dead in this match, although Croft & Barreta did get some heat. JTG won, and then fought with Shad afterwards (who had been watching).

Jack Swagger then defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Jericho & Edge in the main event. The crowd was mostly split – with most chanting for either Edge or Jericho. The match was a great way to end SmackDown, and Swagger won after pinning Y2J. Jericho then brutally attacked Edge after the match.

After SmackDown had finished taping, Rey Mysterio came out and attacked Jericho. CM Punk then came out with Gallows & Serena – and faced Mysterio in the dark match main event. Mysterio won after a good back and forth contest. Punk then got on the mic and told us how he hated us before leaving.

NXT:

A video recapping last week's episode plays. Heath Slater won a Keg Carrying Contest. His prize was he got to face Kane later in the night. Needless to say he was not victorious but he put up a good fight.

The NXT video plays and the first international edition of the show opens with Michael Cole and Josh Mathews welcoming us to the show. Matt Striker, the host of NXT, is in the ring and he welcomes the NXT rookies to the ring. They walk out according to their rank in the Pro's Poll.

Matt Striker says he is noticing the pressure getting to them now that we're four weeks from elimination. Striker says that Michael Tarver called himself a pit bull and then was disqualified from the challenge before losing a match. Tarver says he is the pressure and he's getting to the rookies. Tarver said, "Whether I win or lose, I will not lose." What?! Even Matt Striker called him out on that ridiculousness.

David Otunga is asked how he felt he did while facing John Cena on Raw last night. Otunga says he wrestled the champion of WWE and he doesn't see any of the other NXT rookies doing that on Raw. Striker mentions that was a good point.

Striker goes over to Justin Gabriel and says he beat Otunga last week just like John Cena did last night. Striker asks him how he thinks he would fare against John Cena. Gabriel says to give him a match against John Cena and we'll see.

Striker goes over what the winner of the NXT competition will get. Not only will they be the next breakout star of the WWE but they will also face a world champion of their choosing on Pay Per View! Striker says last week they tested their physical abilities, but it takes more than that to make it. They need to verbalize their feelings and connect with the audience. It's not only an American audience. They will compete on a global challenge. Last week's challenge was won by Heath Slater and the crowd boos. Tonight their mentality will be tested. Striker says the judges will be the live crowd in London. Whoever wins will really be able to standout. Whoever wins tonight will have the opportunity to create their very own entrance theme rather than use their pro's music.

Striker pulls out some cards with topics on them. The rookie will be given the topic and they'll have 30 seconds to say something creative about it. Daniel Bryan is ranked number one so he's first. He steps up to the podium and has thirty seconds to talk about "passion." Wow... he tanked on that. Striker interrupted him and Bryan barely had time to say "I love England."

Wade Barrett's topic is "blasé." Barrett says there's nothing blasé about him unlike the rest of the rookies. Barrett says he's the best and he proves it week in and week out. Barrett cut a great promo here saying he's the best success story in WWE.

Justin Gabriel is next and he must talk about "flowers." Gabriel introduces himself and says a lot of flowers grow in South Africa. Gabriel says he's not a big fan but he likes the rose. The crowd starts booing him and he can't even find the words to finish. That was sad.

Heath Slater's topic is "cereal." Slater talks about Captain Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, and Cocoa Pebbles. Slater says he doesn't eat cereal because his body can't take it. Slater finishes by asking what kind of topic "cereal" is.

David Otunga's topic is "sleep." Otunga says he doesn't get much of it because he's always trying to stay one step ahead of the other rookies. Once he wins the competition he can sleep a little more.

Skip Sheffield's topic is "rainbows." Sheffield doesn't speak on it for one second. Instead he rips off Steve Austin (as if he hasn't done that enough already) by asking the crowd if they want some "pep in their step" to give him a "yup, yup, yup." I really thought he was going to say "hell yeah." That didn't impress me (not that anyone besides Barrett has) but the crowd liked it.

Michael Tarver is asked to speak on the topic of "itchy." The crowd chants something at him (I think "Who are you") and he doesn't speak. He walks away from the podium and lets the time expire.

Darren Young's topic is "toothpaste." Young says that's something a lot of people in England don't use. He asks if that's PG. If there's a place he'd rather not be its right here. Michael Tarver rips the microphone out of his hand and says if he had anything to say he'd say it. Tarver says the crowd doesn't deserve it.

Matt Striker asks them to pick a winner. It's a tie between Skip Sheffield and Wade Barrett. They'll both get a topic and the crowd will make the final decision. Sheffield's topic is "bubble gum." Sheffield goes off topic and says he won the keg carrying contest and the crowd boos. Sheffield says he doesn't chew bubble gum and that's that. Yikes...

Wade Barrett will talk about "wind." Barrett says if Sheffield had anything other than rocks for brains he'd talk about the topic. Barrett talks about the wind of change coming through the WWE and its him. Barrett says he'll be the first ever English WWE Champion. The crowd loved it and he wins. He was legitimately the best out of the garbage topics given out. Barrett will get his own entrance music next week.

Tonight's main event will be Wade Barrett taking on Christian.

-Commercial Break-

The Raw Recap airs. I thought Jack Swagger was a Smackdown superstar? They then run down the Extreme Rules card.

Footage from last Friday's Smackdown airs with Darren Young reversing his decision to join the Straight Edge Society. The S.E.S. attacked him until Rey Mysterio ran down and saved him from getting his head shaved.

The S.E.S. is backstage with Darren Young. Young apologizes and says he thought he was ready. Punk says if it wasn't for Mysterio sticking his nose in his business he'd be bald. Luke Gallows says he manhandled him like a "punk." CM Punk hilariously took exception to that. Punk says it took guts for Young to do what he did and Gallows says, "Yeah, rookie." Punk asks Gallows if he can beat Young and he says he can. Punk says if he beats Luke then last week is forgiven. If Luke wins then they'll shave his head tonight. Oh God please win Luke Gallows!

-Commercial Break-

Wade Barrett vs. Christian

Chris Jericho and Heath Slater are at ringside.

They circle the ring and Christian gets a waist lock. Barrett counters into a side headlock before being whipped off. Barrett shoulder blocks him down and goes into the ropes to eat a dropkick. Christian gets a side headlock on and Barrett gets out with a back suplex. Barrett executes an awesome slingshot backbreaker and Jericho goes to commentary to talk about how awesome that was. That got Barrett a near fall. Barrett stomps away and chokes him on the ropes. Barrett backs up and charges but Christian pulls the top rope down, sending him over. Christian then hits a springboard body splash over the top. We'll take a break here.

-Commercial Break-

We come back from the break to see Christian punch Barrett. Christian then runs into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a near fall. Christian is sent into the ropes for another backbreaker and another near fall. Christian counters out of another backbreaker but has a whip reversed. Christian hits a forearm smash and hits a reverse DDT for a near fall. Christian then chokes him on the ropes for some retribution. Christian goes to the top rope and hits a nice cross-body block for a near fall. Christian goes to the top again and jumps but Barrett ducks and hits a big boot for a near fall.

Barrett sends him sternum first into the corner and shoulder blocks the back. Barrett charges but Christian moves and kicks him in the face. Christian hits a flying back elbow and looks for his finisher. Chris Jericho tries to interfere and it almost works as Barrett sets up for his finisher but Heath Slater interferes as well. Christian counters into the Kill Switch and takes the win!

Winner by Pinfall: Christian

Chris Jericho yells about the interference as they walk away. Christian celebrates in the ring with his rookie.

We see a video of David Otunga being featured on Access Hollywood. They show the whole segment. He looked good on the show.

The Miz is backstage with Daniel Bryan and he chastises him for his ridiculous promo. Miz calls him the Susan Boyle of the WWE: a lot of talent but no star power. Miz says the only reason he's number one is because of him. He's 0-7 on the show and would be nothing. Miz tells him to stop being cocky and listen by taking his star power and charisma. Miz yells at him to win and be a star. That was an awesome segment.

-Commercial Break-

Daniel Bryan vs. William Regal

For any fan of Bryan's ROH days then this is a dream match for you.

They lock up and Regal wrenches the arm. Bryan twists out of it and hits a dropkick. Bryan hits a big forearm smash in the corner and hits a beautiful full nelson suplex for a near fall! Bryan kicks him viciously in the corner before being backed up by the referee. Bryan walks into a forearm smash and Regal works on him before being put in a guillotine choke. Regal counters out with a fisherman's suplex and hits the Knee Trembler for the win. Maybe one day we'll actually see this match with the time it deserves.

Winner by Pinfall: William Regal

The Miz quickly runs in and smashes Regal out of the ring. Miz picks Bryan up, who's bleeding from the mouth, and gives him the Skull Crushing Finale.

Darren Young will take on Luke Gallows next. If Young loses then he can say bye-bye to his hair.

-Commercial Break-

Darren Young vs. Luke Gallows

Gallows immediately beats him down with punches and kicks. Gallows sends him into the ropes and avalanches him. Young soon blocks a punch and tries a comeback but Gallows uppercuts him for a two count. Gallows punches him and rips off the headband. Gallows sends him into the corner and kicks away. Gallows whips him to the other corner but Young moves. Young tries a cross-body in the corner but Gallows hangs him up on the ropes. Gallows hits a fall away slam and a short-arm clothesline for a near fall. Gallows goes for another fall away slam but Young counters into a pin for the win. Damn!

Winner by Pinfall: Darren Young

Darren Young celebrates and CM Punk comes in to raise his arm in the air. Luke Gallows doesn't look happy about this as Punk and Serena walk out on him.

Superstars:

Superstars

- Christian d. Chavo Guerrero via a killswitch after avoiding a frog splash

- Ted DiBiase d. MVP with Dream Street.

- Matt Hardy d. Carlito with a Twist of Fate

flahavaj

The NXT winner getting a world title shot is very interesting. Sadly as the weeks pass it looks less and likely that Bryan will being doing so. The Brit lad looks like a big star, I can see them doing something involving Jericho, his mentor, trying to screw him out of his title shot or something.

Regal/Bryan, even a few minutes long will still be worth a look.

JP Liz V1

Sounds like the Miz kills with his promo on Nxt this week

Bryan V Regal should be good but short

Headshot

i hate what they are doing to Bryan

dlofnep

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Bryan V Regal should be good but short

It was exactly that.

They are really ruining Danielson's reputation.

flahavaj

dlofnep wrote: »

It was exactly that.

They are really ruining Danielson's reputation.

They're not really, when you consider that to 95% of WWE's regular fanbase he never had a reputation in the first place.

He's being featured prominently every week on NXT and is getting as much if not more air-time every week than the other NXT hopefuls. His win-loss record has been mentioned a lot but in a company that pays little or no attention to who pins who on the undercard I wouldn't give a sh*te about that to be honest. The maner of his defeats has been such that in almost all his matches he gets to show a little of his skills. Being squashed by Khali wouldn't worry me at all, its what you'd expect.

Even if he doesn't win this thing I think he's gonna end up on the main roster either way and I also think they're going to use a feud with Miz to get him there. And the fact that they'd put him in with a guy like Miz who's career is on a upward trajectory shows they must hold him in pretty high esteem.

Motley Crue

Afterwards, Rey Mysterio teamed with The Hart Dynasty to face CM Punk, Luke Gallows & Darren Young. The match was really great, and all involved received great responses from the crowd. The Miz watched from commentary, and the match ended when David Hart Smith gained the pin.

I like that they're using The Hart Dynasty well instead of just throwing them away once Wrestlemania had ended. I look forward to seeing what these guys can do in the future.

paddyismaddy

surely bryan will get a win before Nxt finishes :rolleyes:

will the miz be defending the tag titles or us title or both at the next ppv i would imagine bryan will challenge him

grames_bond

Motley Crue wrote: »

I like that they're using The Hart Dynasty well instead of just throwing them away once Wrestlemania had ended. I look forward to seeing what these guys can do in the future.

I agree, i think that bret may have had the harts getting a push as a stipulation in his come back contract! I really like them and i'd hope Bret will stay on as a manager, maybe attempt to give tag wrestling a bit of credibility again!

Jolt2007

flahavaj wrote: »

They're not really, when you consider that to 95% of WWE's regular fanbase he never had a reputation in the first place.

He's being featured prominently every week on NXT and is getting as much if not more air-time every week than the other NXT hopefuls. His win-loss record has been mentioned a lot but in a company that pays little or no attention to who pins who on the undercard I wouldn't give a sh*te about that to be honest. The maner of his defeats has been such that in almost all his matches he gets to show a little of his skills. Being squashed by Khali wouldn't worry me at all, its what you'd expect.

Even if he doesn't win this thing I think he's gonna end up on the main roster either way and I also think they're going to use a feud with Miz to get him there. And the fact that they'd put him in with a guy like Miz who's career is on a upward trajectory shows they must hold him in pretty high esteem.

It probably wont hurt him in the long term since this is just NXT but the way they're booking him is likely the best way possible to make him look terrible. If I were just a Joe Youngfan who never heard of Danielson before right now I'd be thinking "The Miz and Cole are completely right. The guy is tiny, isn't that great on the mic, and he looks too smug about everything even though he has been beaten by everyone, including who is meant to be the worst rookie on NXT, very quickly and easily. What exactly has he done to be called number 1?"

flahavaj

Jolt2007 wrote: »

It probably wont hurt him in the long term since this is just NXT but the way they're booking him is likely the best way possible to make him look terrible. If I were just a Joe Youngfan who never heard of Danielson before right now I'd be thinking "The Miz and Cole are completely right. The guy is tiny, isn't that great on the mic, and he looks too smug about everything even though he has been beaten by everyone, including who is meant to be the worst rookie on NXT, very quickly and easily. What exactly has he done to be called number 1?"

He's probably going to end up in the role James Gibson had before in WWE anyway i.e. jobber who can have a good matches with anyone, but ends up squashed more often than not. So I'm not sure WWE are overly concerned with people having an opinion of him that differs too far from that tbh.

Not saying its right, I'm just saying people shouldn't be in the least bit surprised or outraged by it. I'm just glad he made it to TV at all.

Bounty Hunter

Jolt2007 wrote: »

It probably wont hurt him in the long term since this is just NXT but the way they're booking him is likely the best way possible to make him look terrible. If I were just a Joe Youngfan who never heard of Danielson before right now I'd be thinking "The Miz and Cole are completely right. The guy is tiny, isn't that great on the mic, and he looks too smug about everything even though he has been beaten by everyone, including who is meant to be the worst rookie on NXT, very quickly and easily. What exactly has he done to be called number 1?"

dont you think that is possibly the response the WWE are looking for?

that people including the Miz will question why he has such a hardcore following (which wont stop following him no matter how he is booked anyway), why is he no.1, etc he will be forced to prove himself (or potentially lose his job as he didnt win NXT or something) and then he is given the time he deserves on PPV vs the Miz and puts on a top quality match that wins everyone over and wins him the US title potentially and along with it a long term spot on Raw or SD (preferably given his size and current rosters).

Jolt2007

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

dont you think that is possibly the response the WWE are looking for?

that people including the Miz will question why he has such a hardcore following (which wont stop following him no matter how he is booked anyway), why is he no.1, etc he will be forced to prove himself (or potentially lose his job as he didnt win NXT or something) and then he is given the time he deserves on PPV vs the Miz and puts on a top quality match that wins everyone over and wins him the US title potentially and along with it a long term spot on Raw or SD (preferably given his size and current rosters).

It could well be but it seems more likely with each passing week they haven't a clue what they're doing with NXT or anyone on it. It could end up hurting The Miz too if he not only can't beat Bryan in 2 minutes like everyone else, but he loses to him. Just thinking about it they could make Bryan some kind of hustler, and he was losing deliberately to trick The Miz into putting his title up against him and he turns on the style then, but what flah said is probably more likely to be the plan long term for him.

Bounty Hunter

Jolt2007 wrote: »

It could well be but it seems more likely with each passing week they haven't a clue what they're doing with NXT or anyone on it. It could end up hurting The Miz too if he not only can't beat Bryan in 2 minutes like everyone else, but he loses to him. Just thinking about it they could make Bryan some kind of hustler, and he was losing deliberately to trick The Miz into putting his title up against him and he turns on the style then, but what flah said is probably more likely to be the plan long term for him.

possibly but tbh for me (with my BWE bookers hat on) there would never be an issue of it hurting the Miz for not beating him in 2mins as the logical thing to do if you want to get danielson over is (probably not going to happen so yeah you may be right) just to give him a long match on PPV. Force exposure cos he can bring it! can the Miz keep pace with him though and handle such a placement to get him over though? on the mic for sure but...

flahavaj

Miz wouldn't be hurt that much by losing to Bryan anyway. His whole gimmick is the smartarse annoying little f*cker that thinks he can say what he likes because he has Show to back him up. Its almost an accepted part of his persona that when a babyface finally gets him alone in the ring he's probably gonna get his ass kicked. Its the same with most cowardly heels, they usually get their comeuppances in the end.

Ridley

flahavaj wrote: »

The NXT winner getting a world title shot is very interesting. Sadly as the weeks pass it looks less and likely that Bryan will being doing so. The Brit lad looks like a big star, I can see them doing something involving Jericho, his mentor, trying to screw him out of his title shot or something.

Regal/Bryan, even a few minutes long will still be worth a look.

The summary is wrong, the prize is still a match against any champion. It's Bryan against Miz for the US title, surely?

Machismo Fan

Ridley wrote: »

The summary is wrong, the prize is still a match against any champion. It's Bryan against Miz for the US title, surely?

As much as the way they're building it says it should be, it would look really stupid if somebody was given a title shot of their choice and didn't go for main event billing on a PPV for the top title.

dsmythy

Machismo Fan wrote: »

As much as the way they're building it says it should be, it would look really stupid if somebody was given a title shot of their choice and didn't go for main event billing on a PPV for the top title.

Not necessarily. They may win NXT but they are still midcard. In kayfabe would the winner fancy his chances against Cena or Miz for example?

starviewadams

Jesus,is it possible WWE are just vindictive pricks and want to bury Danielson to prove a point?

Cole really buried him on commentary,even calling him a midget at one stage and Regal slaughtered him in 2 mins,Miz made him look shi!t twice,in the backstage seg where he compared Bryan to Susan Boyle and again by hitting him with his finish after he was finished jobbing for Regal.

JP Liz V1

Do Serena and Natayla ever wrestle?

Bounty Hunter

how great is the Miz on commentary? blue peter badge and all

D2D

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

how great is the Miz on commentary? blue peter badge and all

He was AAAWWWWEEEEESSSSSSSOOOOOMMMMMEEEEE (had to say it)

A good SD this week. Harts/Rey vs. S.E.S was a great match as was the WHC match

Ridley

starviewadams wrote: »

Jesus,is it possible WWE are just vindictive pricks and want to bury Danielson to prove a point?

Cole really buried him on commentary,even calling him a midget at one stage and Regal slaughtered him in 2 mins,Miz made him look shi!t twice,in the backstage seg where he compared Bryan to Susan Boyle and again by hitting him with his finish after he was finished jobbing for Regal.

Bounty Hunter

As a stand alone show (excluding the fact that perhaps the main event makes more sense at Extreme rules) this SD was great imo.

The Hart Dynasty are given proper time and an impressive win over the straight edge society as DH emulates his dad while the Miz is awesome (on commentary).

We get a quality main event with the belt defended against both men who faught over it at Wrestlemania with the new champ getting over (to some extent) with the win.

Kane is actually is actually booked like a monster again whilst the IC championship is promoted and Matt Hardy is given something to do.

The Cryme time split is furtherd, The Divas are given something decent to do as Beth deservedly comes into the fold. hell even Ziggler's little push continued while R-Truth still got a good reaction from the crowd.

Really hope SD doesent change too much in the draft, though tbh having already lost Batista back to Raw id say not too many big name main eventers will leave SD and they may get someone who is on fire atm like Orton to replace whoever does move as SD moves to a new network.

jaykhunter

how was this week's smackdown? I saw the card and it looked awful; i was only interested in the main event.

Bounty Hunter

jaykhunter wrote: »

how was this week's smackdown? I saw the card and it looked awful; i was only interested in the main event.

read my post above yours (it does spoiler the show though), i really liked it.

flahavaj

Machismo Fan wrote: »

As much as the way they're building it says it should be, it would look really stupid if somebody was given a title shot of their choice and didn't go for main event billing on a PPV for the top title.

They would be able to quite reasonably explain it as Miz having tormented Bryan so much that he's willing to give up a shot at the world title in order to get his hands on him in the ring? I can buy that.

jaykhunter

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

read my post above yours (it does spoiler the show though), i really liked it.

oh yeah, cheers! I thought it was a run down of something else for some reason......sounded like a good show!

DM_7

NXT is a strange show.

Barrett looks like the Future world champ on the show. His pairing with Jericho is inspired. I liked the way they talk up all the things Jericho says, like they were coming up with some Innovative moves no one else does. There is a nice HBK, Diesel relationship developing here.

The way they are booking Bryan v Miz in a pretty cool way too. I could do without the Bryan losing every week but after that I am happy enough.

Darren Young has somehow become an important part of the show. I wouldn't have expected that after the first week when he got squashed. Seeing young and the SES on NXT and Smackdown is a good sign for him. I love the way Gallows is Jealous of Young.

I'm not a fan of Otunga but he is getting plenty of time on screen.

I am surprised Gabriel has gone backwards in many ways.

The others are faitly unimportant at this stage.

jaykhunter

flahavaj wrote: »

They would be able to quite reasonably explain it as Miz having tormented Bryan so much that he's willing to give up a shot at the world title in order to get his hands on him in the ring? I can buy that.

makes sense, flah! (whenever i read your name i hear Alan Partridge saying "fancy a flav?" :pac:) I did enjoy the segment and name-dropping of susan boyle but i think the longer it goes on without Danielson "actually" improving; it'll be set in the minds of people... His character looks miles away from being anything credible...

Yup, i guess his big win will come against the Miz, so!

Tricity Bendix

The Daniel Bryan storyline doesn't anger me, it bores me.